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The Moon on Sunday, March 6, 2016: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on March 6, 2016Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 March 2016371,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 6, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
371,373 km230,760 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 2016 is on Monday, February 22, 2016 at 18:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 01:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 1, 201623:11
New Moon (after)Wednesday, March 9, 201601:55

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Sunday, March 6, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 8, 2016 to the new moon of March 9, 2016, a cycle of 29.47 days.